Tag: Research
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Scientists create first human-monkey hybrid
Should animals ever be part-human? Faced by a deadly shortage in human organs for life-saving operations, our only hope may be animals with human DNA. But there are serious ethical concerns.
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‘The world faces an antibiotic apocalypse’
Do we get a thrill out of predicting disaster? This headline is a quote from England’s chief medical officer as scientists gather in Berlin this week for a conference on drug resistance.
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Electrical implants could defeat all disease
Would it be good to live in a world with no illness? A medical revolution is on the horizon. Groundbreaking technology could replace drugs and cure some of the world’s deadliest diseases.
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Scientists’ hopes for drugs to stop dementia
After the breakthrough in 2013 and further studies on mice, experts now hope that drugs already safely used on humans will stop the onset of terrifying degenerative brain diseases.
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Cats are our best friends really, study finds
Many of us love cats, but they rarely seem to love us back. Now researchers say they are keener on humans than we thought. Time to settle an age-old rivalry with our other favourite pet…
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How a ‘mind palace’ can improve your memory
The technique was invented by an ancient Greek and beloved by Sherlock Holmes. Now scientists say that anyone can create a “memory palace” to improve their recall. Is it really worth it?
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How your personality changes in your lifetime
In 1950, over 1,200 teenagers took a personality test. Sixty years later, they took it again — and their characters had completely changed. Will you be the same person at 77 as you are now?
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The key to love: to hate the same things
Moaners of the world, unite! Hater, a dating app that matches you with people who dislike the same things as you, has just been launched. Perhaps we are best defined by our hates?
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Message from locked-in patients: ‘we’re happy’
Imagine you could see and hear the world around you, but not interact with it — not even by blinking. Would you be happy? Amazingly, new ‘mind-reading’ technology says the answer is ‘yes’.
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‘Killer spuds’ cancer warning sparks risk row
Do roast potatoes, burnt toast and crisps really cause cancer? The British government has launched a campaign advising people to cut down. Many have ridiculed it as a ludicrous exaggeration.
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New call for policy to be about happiness
Good mental health and having a partner make people happier than doubling their income, a new study has found. Could this lead to a new politics, in which well-being comes before money?
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Men and women should be treated ‘differently’
According to a prominent neurobiologist, male and female brains differ in important ways – but scientists are afraid to say so. How do social values affect science, and why does it matter?
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Japan’s youth choose virtual love over real
For decades, single young Japanese have been rejecting human partners in favour of fantasy characters. New research confirms that virtual romance is here to stay. Should we welcome it?
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‘Impossible’ EmDrive could prove Newton wrong
It is the most fabled law of physics: ‘For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.’ But now NASA says that an invention, once mocked by scientists, could prove Newton wrong.
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‘Nightmarish’ monkey abuse causes outrage
Nine US scientific research centres are being investigated over the abuse of monkeys. Activists are calling for them to be shut down. But should we still be experimenting on primates at all?